Finding Nature

Now today’s episode is timed somewhat perfectly. With the US midterms under way and the results unknown and their ramifications entirely unknown, today’s guest is someone who can help us all better appreciate the broader context and historical moment we are in, as well as how we got to now. Gary Gerstle is an American historian and Emeritus Paul Mellon Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge and an Emeritus Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. His work in studying and publish...

So what did you do when you met someone and you hear their story and it humbles you to your core? When you learn and feel firsthand the experience of another human that acts as a cattle prod to make clear that the path you’ve been on is no longer the path you can be on? That’s what today’s guest - Manoa Duwai - did to me when we spoke. Today I bring you a conversation that has unsettled and inspired me in a way none of the other 100 plus episodes of this show has. I am changed having met Mano...

This week on the show is Aubrey Blanche. Aubrey is somewhat of a professional enigma - she’s lived multiple careers already, from time inside big tech and early stage investing, and now she’s at the Ethics Centre, while she’s an expert in human resources, diversity and inclusion and ethical AI. Aubrey has also established one of Australia’s largest regular AI newsletters and her writing has been featured in publications like Wired, The Wall Street Journal and Australian Financial Review. I wa...

Today’s guest is Geoff Mann. Geoff is a Canadian political economist who was recently in town and I loved having the opportunity to not only sit down and record this conversation, but to indulge in the breadth and depth of his unique background. His research, teaching and books have intersected around political economy, political theory and the history of ideas, with much of his writings in recent years delving into climate change, macroeconomic crisis, the far right and fascist politics, as ...

Today I’m particularly honoured and humbled by today’s guest, Sonia Orchard. Now Sonia isn’t a name most people would recognise, but her story likely is, which is exactly why she’s on the show and why I wanted to speak with her. 60% of Australian kids are reported to experience some form of abuse or neglect. 1 in 10 Australian men admitted to committing a sexual offence against a child. NSW police are responding to an incident of domestic violence every three minutes. These are horrifying, ha...